Title English aristocratic women, 1450-1550 : marriage and family, property and careers / Barbara J. Harris

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 346 pages) : portraits Contents Introduction; 1. Structures of Patriarchy; 2. Daughters: Wives in the Making; 3. The Arrangement of Marriage; 4. Wives: Partnership and Patriarchy; 5. Single Women and Compulsory Marriage; 6. Motherhood: Bearing and Promoting the Next Generation; 7. Widows: Women of Property and Custodians of Their Families' Futures; 8. Beyond the Household: Family and Friends, Patronage and Power; 9. Their Brilliant Careers: Aristocratic Women at the Yorkist and Early Tudor Court; Conclusion; Glossary; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary This work, based on archival research, combines a collective portrait of aristocratic women with an analysis of the particular, class-specific form of patriarchy and gender relations that flourished among the upper classes in Yorkist and early Tudor England Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-332) and index Notes Print version record Subject Women -- England -- History -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 Upper class women -- England -- History Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- History SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory. Aristocracy (Social class) Upper class women Women -- Renaissance England Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2001036534 ISBN 1423736346 9781423736349 1601297157 9781601297150 9780195056204 0195056205 9780195151282 0195151283 9786610523535 6610523533

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